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Last year, a small theater company named Bedlam was founded in New York City, and they developed a minimalist production of Shakespeare's HAMLET.  How minimalist?  In the advertising, they claimed that all the speaking roles were performed by just four actors.  And as crazy as it sounds (no pun intended), the reviews in the New York Times for the ( Read more... )

This is the finest, most intense production of a Shakespeare play I have ever seen, bar none... and unless I get an opportunity to see the Royal Shakespeare Company live, I doubt I shall ever see a finer one. It was an amazing experience on multiple levels... and it boggles my mind that I was able to see it free of charge. I've heard people saying ( Read more... )

Oh.

My.

GOD!

Tonight I witnessed the stuff of legends. Admittedly the Public Theater has put together some fine ensemble casts for past productions of Hamlet, but this must rank in the top 2.

I would love to give a full review now, but it is late and I must go to work in the morning. I will try to get back to it later.

I've been on line since 6:30 AM. There are only 25 people in front of me, so I'm definitely getting tickets for tonight's show.

This season, Shakespeare in the Park is doing a production of Hamlet ( Read more... )